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Abdurakhmanov was born in 1959. In 1984 he graduated from the translation faculty of the Minsk State Linguistic University (then the Minsk Institute of Foreign Languages). For some time he lived and worked abroad — in France, Belgium and Algeria.

He founded and headed the private cultural institution “Heritage and Time” in the urban settlement of Smilovichi in the Cherven district. Abdurakhmanov also served on the board of trustees of the museum “Space of Chaim Soutine” and initiated the creation of a separate hall there dedicated to the artist Shraga Zarfin.

Art historian Yuri Abdurakhmanov next to a painting by Shraga Zarfin. Photo by Yevgeny Kolchov, taken from the art historian’s personal page.

The researcher studied artists of the School of Paris and authored several books and numerous publications on the subject. In 2016–2017 he delivered a series of lectures about the School of Paris on the radio station Radio Culture.

Abdurakhmanov also curated exhibitions of contemporary Belarusian artists in Belarus, Lithuania and France. In 2019–2020 he served as chief curator of the exhibition “Shraga Zarfin. Leading to the Light” at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.

He was also one of the founders of the international conference “Soutine Readings.” In addition, he conceived the documentary film “The Wandering Star from Smilovichi,” dedicated to Shraga Zarfin, and worked on it as both screenwriter and producer.

The art historian was a member of International Committee for Museums and Collections of Fine Arts.

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